Negligible Meaning
/ˈnɛɡlɪd͡ʒɪbəl/Definition, CEFR level C1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
adjAble to be neglected, ignored or excluded from consideration; too small or unimportant to be of concern.
Sentence Examples
The damage from the flood was negligible.
Mineral deposits are negligible; the country has no known petroleum deposits.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The amount of sugar in this drink is ____ and will not affect your diet.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The difference in weight between the two items was completely ____.
Word Origin & History
From negligence/negligent + -ible, as if from New Latin *negligibilis, from Latin neglegō (“to neglect”) + -ibilis (“-ible”).
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"Mario Balotelli replaced Tevez but his contribution was so negligible that he suffered the indignity of being substituted himself as time ran out, a development that encapsulated a wretched 90 minutes for City and boss Roberto Mancini."
— 2011 April 11, Phil McNulty, “Liverpool 3 - 0 Man City”, in BBC Sport:
"Only unrealistic dreamers can suggest that Louis XVI might have accepted defeat and immediately turned himself into a constitutional monarch, even if he had been a less negligible and stupid man than he was, married to a less chicken-brained and irresponsible woman, and prepared to listen to less disastrous advisers."
— 1962, Eric Hobsbawm, The Age of Revolution. 1789-1848, page 61:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The amount of sugar in this drink is ____ and will not affect your diet.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The difference in weight between the two items was completely ____.